Air Force Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules

1977

No. 279

REGULATION UNDER THE AIR FORCE ACT 1923*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Air Force Act 1923.

Dated this sixteenth day of December 1977.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

D. J. KILLEN

Minister of State for Defence

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AMENDMENT OF THE AIR FORCE REGULATIONS  

Allowances payable in respect of authorized journey

Regulation 579 of the Air Force Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (6) and substituting the following sub-regulation:

“ (6) Where—

(a) a member travels on an authorized journey or part of an authorized journey otherwise than by the normal method of transport for such a journey or part of a journey; and

(b) the Minister determines that—

(i) the duration of the authorized journey is thereby increased;

(ii) the member so travels for other than Service reasons; and

(iii) it is possible for the member to travel by the normal method of transport,

the amounts otherwise payable to the member by way of travelling allowance under sub-regulations (1), (2) and (3) in respect of the authorized journey shall be reduced by such amounts as the Minister determines are attributable to that increase in the duration of the authorized journey.”.

  

* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 22 December 1977.

  Statutory Rules 1927, No. 161 as amended to date. For previous amendments of the Air Force Regulations see footnote   to Statutory Rules 1977, No. 5 and see also